The Aftermath

by Amina2Sweet

Amelia Grayson is a 28 year old woman, who’s the secretary of Daniel Wright age: 33. Amelia has worked for Daniel and his company for 9 years. Daniel owns a well known firm that specializes in agriculture and landscaping. During a crazy work party one night, Ameila starts to develop feelings for Daniel and the two hook up that night. Things start taking a turn for the worst.

Chapter 1: First Encounter

"Good Morning Mr. Wright, Good Morning Mr.Wright!" Everyone greets Daniel as he walks through the aisles of working people he responds with, "Good Day Everyone, I hope we are working hard and not hardly working" he finishes with a smile. Everyone gives him a chuckle and continues back to their work. I glanced up at him as he approached my desk. Daniel is 6'1 with green Hazel eyes, he always wears these nice suits and ties to match it. Also, he has nice hair that reminds me of Clark Kent from the movie "Batman". I've worked for his company for many years and throughout my time here we have become good work friends.

"Good Morning Miss Ameila", Daniel says to me. "Can I see you in my office for a second?". I get up from my chair and grabbed my clipboard and pen and followed behind him in his office. He closes the door behind us and proceeds to hang up his jacket and sit in his chair. I sit in the chair in front of him crossing my legs, feeling slightly nervous. Today I decided to wear a cute puff sleeve button up shirt with a black pencil skirt and heels. My hair is slick back into a bun and I have a few strands in my face as bangs. He looks up at me and opens up his folder of paper and documents.

I quickly said, " So what did you want to talk to me about Mr.Wright?" He leans back in the chair and smiles at me. " Well Ms. Grayson, as you know this company has been up and running for 15 years and every year we host an annual celebration party honoring everyone's hard work and dedication. This party is going to take place tomorrow night, so I need you to reschedule all my upcoming meetings and appointments." I nod my head in agreement and make a note of everything he needs done on my clipboard, I glance up at him and ask, " So how are things with you? ", he looks back at me with a blank face.

" Uhh things are a bit complicated right now, I would rather not talk about my personal life too much." He says, letting out a friendly laugh as he starts to go over paperwork. I exit his office and immediately get started with switching his appointments and meeting around. Sometimes, I glance over at him in his office watching him work, laugh on the phone or even when he's feeling stressed out by the day. For a while I've had this secret crush on him and hoped that one day he might feel the same about me. Unfortunately, Daniel is married and has been married for 7 years now.. I always wondered what his wife looked like. There aren't any pictures of them or his family in his office, maybe he really enjoys a private life.

4 Hours Later *

After I finished my tasks the time now was 12:36 p.m and most of the people in the office stepped out for lunch. I got up from my seat and gathered my things, but before I stepped away from my desk.. Daniel stopped me. " Hey Ameila, Wanna grab lunch with me?" he says, looking at me with a smile as he puts on his coat. " Umm sure, that sounds great" I said, giving him a slight smile. We walk towards the elevator and I can sense him staring at me. I tried to keep my eyes forward, I glanced over at him for a quick second to see he was indeed looking at me. The elevator door springs open and we step in. He presses the main lobby button and the elevator doors close. When we get outside we start making our way to this food court two blocks down from the firm. We get our meals and sit together at a table. I got a greek salad with strawberry lemonade and he got a fish and chip meal. My heart is pounding out of my chest! Am I really out to lunch with my boss? He never asked me to lunch before. I started to eat my food and remained quiet for the meal, "Are you okay? He said, looking at me as he took a bite of his fries. "Yeah I'm okay" I said, clearing my throat trying to talk. "I hope it wasn't too random asking you to accompany me to lunch." I swallowed my food and responded, " It's no problem at all sir." I sipped my water and tried not to make eye contact for the rest of the meal. When we finished we headed back to the office, I noticed a lady standing in his office as I got closer to my desk. Daniel walks in his office and says, "Joyce what are you doing here you know I have work." he closes the door behind him. I can hear them arguing through the glass, I pretend to be working on paperwork just so I can hear what's being said. The conversation gets heated between them and Daniel shouts, " I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING FOR YOU JOYCE! FOR YOU ,FOR MY SON CAN'T YOU SEE THAT??" Joyce yells back at him, " YOU DON'T GET IT DANIEL!! YOU DON'T GET TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHEN YOU WANT TO BE A FATHER OUR SON STILL NEEDS YOU!!"

My eyes widen as I suddenly realize that this lady was his wife. Everyone at the office can hear these two argue at this point. Some were lost for words and others in complete shock to hear our boss yell like this. Suddenly, his office door slams open and his wife storms out crying and yelling. I watch her as she gets on the elevator to leave in complete distress. I can hear Daniel throwing things around in his office and cursing up a storm. I glance inside his office to see him sitting there with his hands holding his head and shaking it back and forth. I get up from my desk and approach his door, I gently knock on it and he looks up and sighs stressfully, "Do you need anything?" I said in a soft low tone. He wipes his face and fixes his clothes and says.. "Get someone in here to clean this up please.." He gets up and walks out of his office and says to everyone, "Attention everyone, I want to apologize for the incident that took place here. My behavior was inexcusable and I have brought drama to the workplace. I'm hoping tomorrow night can be a fresh start for all of us and we can start the process of moving forward. That being said.. You all can take the rest of the day off today, relax and rest up for tomorrow. Once again I sincerely apologize. Daniel walks back into his office and grabs his things. He walks up to me and says, " I'll see you tomorrow Amelia take care.." with a friendly smile and walked out. I watched him as he walked away and got in the elevator. I started picking up pieces of broken glass and papers from off the floor, went to the storage room and got a dust pan and a broom and swept up the remaining glass. I collected all his paperwork and organized it neatly on his desk. After I cleaned his office I gathered my things and headed home for the next day. Late that night, I kept thinking about what happened at the office.. Daniel's wife looks so hurt and broken, what could've possibly happened for them to get to this point. I laid there for a while until the sweet sound of nothingness put me to sleep.